Re: HD Beckons...

["Erik Carlson" <erik@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've done just this at home, my i've got my toshiba 42WLT66 connected
to the radeon somthing or other (nothing special) graphics card on my
shuttle via HDMI on the TV and DVI on the pc with a simple adaptor
cable in between and it works a treat. I suspect they are just trying
to save themselves a support headache. my toshiba won't go as low as
whatever resolution the pc uses to display the bios when hooked up in
this way (though it is fine hooked up via vga) but once booted into
windows it just sees it as a 1920x1080 monitor. So basically set it up
via vga then switch to HDMI/DVI and just wait a minute for windows to
load and you should be fine.

HTH

Erik

On 04/06/07, Ian Lowe <ianlowe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, after much complaining, I finally decided that it was time to
> get HD.
>
> My Sky HD box should arrive in the next day or so, and I hung the
> shiny new Samsung 46" LCD TV on the wall yesterday.
>
> Very impressed by XBMC over component video - good lord that's sharp
> and bright - DVDs look truly stunning on this TV.. but I am hoping to
> hook up a PC to the screen.
>
> It has a VGA input, but I was thinking that DVI > HDMI should give
a
> better signal: however, the TV's manual says "don't attempt to
> connect the HDMI/DVI port to a PC or laptop graphics card, as this
> will result in a black screen".
>
> eh?
>
> Have I misunderstood something, or is this right? Can't you use a
> DVI - HDMI cable to plug a PC into an HDMI telly?
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